Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: epidemiology, biomarkers, and paving the way to lung cancer

K Szalontai, N Gémes, J Furák, T Varga… - Journal of clinical …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), the frequently fatal pathology of the
respiratory tract, accounts for half a billion cases globally. COPD manifests via chronic …

Role of eosinophils in airway inflammation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

DP Tashkin, ME Wechsler - International journal of chronic …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
COPD is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality. In some patients with COPD,
eosinophils contribute to inflammation that promotes airway obstruction; approximately a …

Defining the asthma-COPD overlap syndrome in a COPD cohort

BG Cosio, JB Soriano, JL López-Campos… - Chest, 2016 - Elsevier
Background Asthma-COPD overlap syndrome (ACOS) has been recently described by
international guidelines. A stepwise approach to diagnosis using usual features of both …

[HTML][HTML] Characterisation of the overlap COPD–asthma phenotype. Focus on physical activity and health status

M Miravitlles, JB Soriano, J Ancochea, L Munoz… - Respiratory …, 2013 - Elsevier
Background Patients with COPD may share some clinical characteristics with asthma
sufferers. This phenotypic overlap between COPD and asthma is not yet well characterised …

Asthma–COPD overlap 2015: now we are six

PG Gibson, VM McDonald - Thorax, 2015 - thorax.bmj.com
Background The overlap between asthma and COPD is increasingly recognised. This
review examines the new insights, treatment and remaining knowledge gaps for asthma …

Asthma-COPD overlap syndrome: pathogenesis, clinical features, and therapeutic targets

JM Leung, DD Sin - Bmj, 2017 - bmj.com
Asthma-COPD overlap syndrome (ACOS) or asthma-COPD overlap captures the subset of
patients with airways disease who have features of both asthma and chronic obstructive …

The asthma–chronic obstructive pulmonary disease overlap syndrome (ACOS): opportunities and challenges

M Barrecheguren, C Esquinas… - Current opinion in …, 2015 - journals.lww.com
The relevance of the ACOS is to identify patients with COPD who may have underlying
eosinophilic inflammation that responds to inhaled corticosteroids. So far, the previous …

[HTML][HTML] Asthma-chronic obstructive pulmonary disease overlap syndrome (ACOS): current literature review

A Papaiwannou, P Zarogoulidis… - Journal of thoracic …, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are chronic diseases, very
common in general population. These obstructive airway illnesses are manifested with …

The asthma–chronic obstructive pulmonary disease overlap syndrome: pharmacotherapeutic considerations

S Louie, AA Zeki, M Schivo, AL Chan… - Expert review of …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Asthma–chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) overlap syndrome (ACOS) is a
commonly encountered yet loosely defined clinical entity. ACOS accounts for approximately …

The asthma–COPD overlap syndrome: towards a revised taxonomy of chronic airways diseases?

ED Bateman, HK Reddel, RN van Zyl-Smit… - The Lancet Respiratory …, 2015 - thelancet.com
Most research of treatments for airways diseases has been restricted to patients who meet
standard definitions of either chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) or asthma, yet …